Kirsten grew up in Sydney and studied English and Fine Arts at the University of Sydney. She lived in New York between 1998 and 2006, where she completed a PhD in English on Renaissance poetry at Rutgers University. She grew up in Sydney before moving to live in San Francisco. She was the founder of The Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing.
Stand Alone
The Legacy (2011)
A Common Loss (2012)
Hold (2016)